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Kieran McCarthy's website about Cork City – Cork History Articles, Heritage and Photography & Historical Walking Tours

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  • About Kieran McCarthy
    • 2. Kieran’s Cork Historical Walking Tours & Talks
    • 4. Kieran’s Consultancy and Research Projects
    • 5. Kieran’s Academic Papers
    • 6. Kieran’s Heritage Videos
    • 3. A River of Memory – PhD Work
  • Books & Publications by Kieran
  • Contact Kieran
  • Cork Independent Our City, Our Town Articles
    • 1999-2005 Histories of Cork
    • 2006-2011 River Lee Valley Series – In the Steps of St Finbarr
    • 2012-14 Crawford Municipal Technical Institute, Education & Industrial Development
    • 2014-16 Mapping Cork Histories
    • 2016 Articles, Remembering 1916
    • 2017 Articles, The Wheels of 1917
    • 2018 Articles, Stories from 1918
    • 2019 Tales from 1919
    • 2020 Articles, Remembering 1920
    • 2021 Articles, Journeys to a Truce 1921
    • 2022 Articles, Journeys to a Free State 1922
    • 2023 Articles, Recasting Cork 1923
    • 2024 Articles, Making an Irish Free State City
    • 2025 Articles, Making an Irish Free State City
  • Discover Cork: Schools’ Heritage Project 2024/25
    • 1. Project Guidelines, 2024/25
    • 2. Application Form, 2024/25
    • 3. Suggested Project Themes
    • 4. Project Categories, Presentation & Prizes
    • 5. Web Resources for Students
    • 6. City Results, 2025
    • Archive, City Edition Results 2022
    • Archive, City Edition Results, 2021
    • Archive, City Edition Results, 2023
    • Archive, City Edition Results, 2024
    • 3. Project Page Examples
  • Exploring Cork City’s History
    • 10. Twenty-First Century Cork
    • 1a. St. Finbarre – Myth and Legend in Cork
    • 1b. Cork: A Viking Maritime Town
    • 1c. Cork’s Viking Settlement
    • 2a. Anglo-Normans and the Medieval Town of Cork
    • 2b. Life in Medieval Cork
    • 2c. Developing the Port Town of Cork
    • 2d. Creating the Cork Coat of Arms
    • 3a. Cork in the Sixteenth Century
    • 3b. Seventeenth Century Cork
    • 3c. Siege of Cork, 1690
    • 4a. Cork, A Venice of North West Europe
    • 4b. Cork’s Huguenots and Quakers
    • 5a. Cork and its Changing Townscape, Early 1800s
    • 5b. The Great Famine in Cork City
    • 6. Challenges of Early Twentieth Century Cork
    • 7. Cork International Exhibition, 1902-1903
    • 8a. Cork and the War of Independence, 1920
    • 8b. The Burning of Cork City, 1920
    • 9a. Cork’s Early Twentieth Century Suburban Expansion
    • 9b. Cork’s Late Twentieth Century Highlights
    • 5c. On Track, Cork & its Railway Heritage
  • History Trails
    • 1. Bridges of Cork Audio Heritage Trail
    • 2. The Marina Audio Heritage Trail
    • History Trail, Blackpool Area
    • History Trail, Cork’s South Docks
    • History Trail, Daly’s Bridge AKA Shakey Bridge
    • History Trail, Grand Parade
    • History Trail, Lee Fields
    • History Trail, MacCurtain Street to Penrose Quay
    • History Trail, Middle Parish Area
    • History Trail, Oliver Plunkett Street
    • History Trail, Paul Street District, From Cornmarket Street to Emmet Place
    • History Trail, Seamus Murphy, Cork Sculptor
    • History Trail, Shandon Street Area
    • History Trail, The Mardyke Walk Area
    • History Trail, The Marina
    • History Trail, The Walled Town of Cork
    • History Trail, The Young Offenders TV Show, Cork Locations, 2018
    • History Trail, Barrack Street Area
    • History Trail, St Patrick’s Street Area
  • Regions of County Cork
    • Cork Harbour Pictures
    • Cork Harbour Stories
    • River Lee History Trail
    • West Cork Gems
  • Resources For Researchers
    • Archaeological and Architectural Heritage Sources in Cork City and County
    • Biodiversity/ Nature in Cork
    • Cork City and County Archives
    • Cork City in Maps
    • Cork Film Heritage
    • Cork Folklore Project
    • Cork Heritage Open Day
    • Cork Historical Societies & Groups
    • Cork in the 1960s, Anthony Barry Archive
    • Cork Public Museum
    • Cork Slang
    • Irish Placenames Project, logainm.ie
    • Ode to Elizabeth Fort, Cork
    • Ordnance Survey Ireland
    • Postcards of Cork, c.1900
    • Resources for Family Research
      • Ancestry.co.uk Irish and UK Family Records
      • Census of Ireland 1901/ 1911
      • Cork Records Website
      • Irish Genealogy Toolkit
      • Irish Military Archives
      • Irish War Memorials
    • Useful Links For Irish Heritage Sites
    • William Lawrence’s Cork
  • Visiting Cork
    • 1.Tourism: How to get to Cork?
    • 2. Cork Festivals
    • Twinning
  • Kieran’s Heritage Tours/ Events 2025
  • Photographing Cork
    • 1. Kieran’s Favourite Photos of Cork
    • Ode to Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills:
    • Ode to Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork
    • Ode to St Finbarr’s Cemetery, Cork
    • Ode to the English Market, Cork
    • Ode to The Quadrange, UCC
    • Ode to St. Finbarre’s Cathedral
Cork Heritage

Regions of County Cork

The Regions of Cork project is based on research carried out in the River Lee valley, Cork Harbour, West Cork and North Cork. A number of books have emerged from this ongoing heritage project.

EXPLORE here:

River Lee Valley: River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage

Cork Harbour Stories: Cork Harbour Stories | Cork Heritage

West Cork Gems: West Cork Gems | Cork Heritage

Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, present day (picture: Kieran McCarthy)
Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, present day (picture: Kieran McCarthy)

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